Ossification Foundations

One main idea to keep in mind is that we are born with more bones then we die with. When examining the bones, if ossification centres is found in growing cartilage then you have bones of either a fetus or a young infant. Unfortunately, it is rarely discovered because after a few weeks or months the cartilages disintegrates and small ossification centres rarely survive. In addition to the cartilages disintegrating, it is hard to tell, since immature bones are so easily dispersed, lost, and destroyed. For children and young adults, the best way to point the difference is how complete the ossification centres is. It is usually completed after five years. Following the five year the fusion phase begins and the last evidence of the fusion is around